Paes-Dlouhy suffer third defeat in a row

Leander Paes [ Images ] and his partner Lukas Dlouhy [ Images ] rounded off their disappointing campaign at the season ending World Tour Finals with their third successive defeat in London [ Images ] on Friday.

The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair lost their last Group B match 6-7(1), 4-6 to seventh seed Max Mirnyi [ Images ] and Andy Ram [ Images ] in one hour and 15 minutes.

Paes and Dlouy had reached three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals to qualify for year-end championship.

India's [ Images ] challenge though is still alive as Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and his partner Mark Knowles [ Images ] have qualified for the semifinals.